SportsCar GTS Laguna Seca 1997 - Race Results

Event: FIA Grand Touring Championship at Laguna Seca		Date: 26.10.1997
Track: Laguna Seca Raceway (United States), 3.602 kms	Organiser: unknown
SportsCar GTS Laguna Seca
IMSA GTS (round 11) International Motor Sport Association (round 11)

(Race Results)

Pos.	No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Laps	Time	Distance	Km/h	Reason	Pos.	Gr.	FL Time	In	Km/h
1^st	96	Bernard / Brabham	Panoz GTR-1 Ford		67	1:45:52.328	240.027 kms	136.757		1^st	GTS-1	1:22.987	31	156.243
2^nd	32	Delétraz / Giroix	Lotus GT1		66	1:46:30.933				2^nd	GTS-1	1:23.374		155.517
3^rd	61	Konrad / Ham	Porsche 911 GT2	Konrad Motorsport	65			132.193		1^st	GTS-2	1:28.784	30	146.042
4^th	56	Snow / Collins	Porsche 911 GT2	Martin Snow	65					2^nd	GTS-2	1:29.480		144.905
5^th	27	Maxwell / Priestley	Ford Mustang Cobra	Multimatic Motorsport	65					3^rd	GTS-1	1:28.006		147.332
6^th	99	Schumacher / Cobb	Porsche 911 GT2	Schumacher Racing	65					3^rd	GTS-2	1:29.592		144.723
7^th	97	Layer / Wagner	Porsche 911 GT2	GMB Motorsports	65					4^th	GTS-2	1:29.390		145.050
8^th	7	Quester / Duez	BMW M3	Prototype Technology Group	64			130.598		1^st	GTS-3	1:30.996		142.491
9^th	10	Auberlen / Said	BMW M3	Prototype Technology Group	64					2^nd	GTS-3	1:30.522		143.236
10^th	6	Quiros / Hill	BMW M3	Prototype Technology Group	64					3^rd	GTS-3	1:30.837		142.741
11^th	68	Buckler / Walton	Porsche 911	The Racers Group	64					4^th	GTS-3	1:31.451		141.782
12^th	25	Gagliardo / Dittmer	Porsche 964 Carrera RSR	Alex Job Racing	64					5^th	GTS-3	1:31.793		141.254
13^th	5	Simo / Said / Cohen	BMW M3	Prototype Technology Group	62					6^th	GTS-3	1:30.932		142.591
14^th	26	Gagliardo / Dittmer / Conte	Porsche 911	Alex Job Racing	61					7^th	GTS-3	1:35.433		135.866
15^th	22	Epps / Stanton	Porsche 911	Turning Point Racing	61					8^th	GTS-3	1:32.611		140.007
16^th	53	Snow / St. James	Porsche 911 Turbo		61					5^th	GTS-2	1:34.040		137.879
17^th	3	Revak / Thompson	Chevrolet Monte Carlo		60					4^th	GTS-1	1:33.395		138.830
18^th	05	Ralston / Trejos	Porsche 911		60					9^th	GTS-3	1:32.277		140.513
19^th	76	Matthews / Murry	Porsche 993 Carrera RSR	Team A.R.E.	58					10^th	GTS-3	1:30.182	37	143.777
20^th	72	Gray / Williamson	Porsche 911		57					11^th	GTS-3	1:40.972		128.413
21^st	66	Bundy / Wallace	Panoz GTR-1 Ford	Panoz Motorsports	54					5^th	GTS-1	1:23.605		155.088
22^nd	16	Carter / Kong	Ford Thunderbird		46					6^th	GTS-1	1:35.067		136.389
23^rd	13	Hezemans / Lammers	Lotus GT1 Turbo	-	36				Fire	7^th	GTS-1	1:24.581		153.298
24^th	06	Goolsby / Williamson	Porsche 911		34				DNF	12^th	GTS-3	1:25.850		135.275
25^th	55	Nelson Richardson	Chevrolet Monte Carlo		28				DNF	8^th	GTS-1	1:22.814		138.210
26^th	98	Skibo / Young	Ford Thunderbird		27				DNF	9^th	GTS-1	1:35.430		135.870
27^th	84	Chris Neville	Pontiac Grand Prix		27				DNF	10^th	GTS-1	1:33.327		138.932
28^th	95	Saleen / Johnson	Ford Saleen Mustang		20				Mechanical	6^th	GTS-2	1:34.308		137.486
29^th	34	Barkelew / Simo	Porsche 911		19				Mechanical	13^th	GTS-3	1:33.293		138.983
30^th	77	Cohen / Halsmer / Auberlen	BMW M3	Mattco Racing	18				Mechanical	14^th	GTS-3	1:31.934		141.191
31^st	50	Petersen / White	Chevrolet Camaro		6				DNF	11^th	GTS-1	1:34.012		137.919

Did not start:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Reason	Gr.
9	Lewis / Rice	Mosler Raptor	Mosler Automotive		GTS-1
11	Ross Thompson	Chevrolet Monte Carlo			GTS-1

Entered cars that did not arrive:

No.	Drivers	Car	Entrant	Gr.
01	McNish / Pilgrim / Rohr	Porsche 911 GT1	Rohr Motorsport	GTS-1
22	Epps / Stanton	Chevrolet Camaro	Turning Point Racing	GTS-3
39	Matthews / Murry	Porsche 911	Jim Mathews Racing/Carolina Turkey	GTS-3
55	Nelson Richardson	Pontiac Grand Prix		GTS-1